Ray Wyatt worked as a strategic planner in local and regional government, consultancy, industry, market research and commerce. He then became an academic at Melbourne University, Australia, where he wrote planning-support software, consulted for government agencies and taught analytical planning techniques and GIS science for exactly 30 years.
Consequently, he has published across a wide array of fields including applied artificial intelligence, strategic planning, decision aiding, spatial optimization, graphic communication, urban modelling, transportation, facilities management, and professional practice.
Ray’s formal qualifications are a PhD from the University of Reading, UK, a masters degree and a diploma from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and an honours degree from the University of Queensland, Australia.
He has taught university courses in Australia, England, Wales, USA, Italy and Brazil, written 143 papers (71 refereed), produced about 10 consultant reports, built 4 serious software packages, conducted 17 community workshops, presented 40 conference papers and delivered 52 other addresses around the world.
He jointly founded and edited two refereed journals - Urban Policy & Research and Applied GIS; served on several other editorial boards and regularly reviewed papers for about 19 other journals. Ray is also a past Chairman of the International Board of Directors for the Computers in Urban Planning & Urban Management (CUPUM) series of conferences.